What colour is your dog?
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What colour is your dog? Here is a sample of what to expect in the 16-question, multiple-choice survey that will help determine your Meet Your Match ® colour. Staff compare your answers to the Canine-ality ™ of dogs looking to be adopted and colour matches you to your ideal Canine-ality ™ . 1. I would consider my household a) a library b) middle of the road c) a carnival 2. I am comfortable with a dog that likes to play “chase my ankles” and similar games a) no b) somewhat c) yes 3. I want my dog to interact with guests who come to my house a) hardly at all b) some of the time c) all of the time 4. How do you feel about a boisterous dog that gets into everything? a) love them but rather not live with them b) depends on the situation c) fine by me 5. My dog needs to be able to adjust to new situations quickly a) not important b) somewhat important c) yes 6. I want my dog to love being with children in my home a) it’s not important whether my dog loves being with children b) some of the time c) most of the time d) children do not often come to my house meetyourmatch.ontariospca.ca What colour is your dog? The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Ontario SPCA): Protecting animals since 1873, the Ontario SPCA is a registered charity comprised of over 50 Communities relying primarily on donations to fund animal protection, care and rehabilitation; advocacy; and humane edudogion. The Ontario SPCA Act man- dates the Society to enforce animal cruelty laws and provides Society investigators with police powers to do so – making the Ontario SPCA unique among animal wel- fare organizations in the province. The Ontario SPCA is an affiliated with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Adopt – Volunteer – Donate! Charitable Business Number 88969 1044 RR0002 16586 Woodbine Ave RR3, Newmarket, ON L3Y 4W1 • 1 (888) 668-7722 • www.ontariospca.ca • [email protected] Your local adoption centre is lodoged at: Supported By:
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What colour is your dog? Here is a sample of what to expect in the 16-question, multiple-choice survey that will help determine your Meet Your Match® colour. Staff compare your answers to the Canine-ality™ of dogs looking to be adopted and colour matches you to your ideal Canine-ality™.
1. I would consider my household a) a library b) middle of the road c) a carnival
2. I am comfortable with a dog that likes to play “chase my ankles” and similar games a) no b) somewhat c) yes
3. I want my dog to interact with guests who come to my house
a) hardly at all b) some of the time c) all of the time
4. How do you feel about a boisterous dog that gets into everything?
a) love them but rather not live with them b) depends on the situation c) fine by me
5. My dog needs to be able to adjust to new situations quickly
a) not important b) somewhat important c) yes 6. I want my dog to love being with
children in my home a) it’s not important whether my
dog loves being with children b) some of the time c) most of the time d) children do not often come to my house
meetyourmatch.ontariospca.ca
What colour isyour dog?
The Ontario Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Ontario SPCA): Protecting animals since 1873, the Ontario SPCA is a registered charity comprised of over 50 Communities relying primarily on donations to fund animal protection, care and rehabilitation; advocacy; and humane edudogion. The Ontario SPCA Act man-dates the Society to enforce animal cruelty laws and provides Society investigators with police powers to do so – making the Ontario SPCA unique among animal wel-fare organizations in the province. The Ontario SPCA is an affiliated with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
Adopt – Volunteer – Donate! Charitable Business Number 88969 1044 RR0002
16586 Woodbine AveRR3, Newmarket, ONL3Y 4W1
• 1 (888) 668-7722• www.ontariospca.ca• [email protected]
Your local adoption centre is lodoged at:
Supported By:
What Is Canine-ality™?
One of our primary goals at the Ontario SPCA is to find orphaned dogs new forever homes. Meet Your Match® helps us do just that! The Meet Your Match® (MYM) Canine-ality™ Adoption Program is our new color-coding method for matching shelter dogs and prospective adopters. Canines aged six months and older are part of the program, making it possible for you to learn about a dog’s personality before deciding to make him a part of your family. Finding the perfect dog is a big task! That’s why the MYM program was developed—to help match the “colors” of your personality with your new friend’s Canine-ality™.
Shelters using MYM are reporting reduced return rates, better customer service and increased adoptions. This tells us that our science-based program is helping people to make good adoption choices. That means lives are being saved!
The Ontario SPCA is excited to announce the launch of Meet Your Match® Canine-ality™, an adoption program owned by the ASPCA and created by Animal Behaviourist Dr. Emily Weiss, Ph.D.
How Does Canine-ality™ work?
When visiting one of our many Ontario SPCA Communities, potential adopters are invited to complete a brief one-page survey, which will help to outline their lifestyle and how they envision a dog fitting in. Trained staff also completes the survey on the dogs’ behalf, as part of a scientifically-based behavioural assessment.
The main objective behind Meet Your Match® Canine-ality™ is to facilitate the adoption process as much as possible. The survey encourages discussions that are helpful to the adoptive owner and ultimately to the pet they choose to take home. After completing the simple multiple-choice survey, the adoptive owner is assigned a colour - purple, orange or green. They are invited to focus on (but are not limited to) the corresponding colour assigned to dogs in the shelter, which based on their individual behavioural assessments, were also assigned a colour of purple, orange or green. Families looking for a sociable dog who loves to play are less likely to end up with a dog that prefers solitude or the quiet affection of just one person. The program reveals both a dog’s and an adopter’s true colors so that you can make a more informed choice about the pooch you bring home.
Meet the Canine-alities™
Who says it’s not easy being green? Do you blend best with orange types? Maybe you’ve got a case of the purples!The way a dog scores on the Canine-ality™ Assessment places the dog in one of three color-coded categories (just like the adopter), each representing the dog’s level of persistence in going after something the dog wants.
A Green pooch can either be the life of the party, a go-getter or a free spirit.
An Orange pooch may be a wallflower, a busy bee or a goofball.
A Purple pooch can be classified as a couch potato, a constant companion or a teacher’s pet.
The Ontario SPCA is doing its best to ensure that each adoption results in a “Match Made in Heaven!” For more information on Meet Your Match® Canine-ality™ or to find a participating adoption centre, visit:
meetyourmatch.ontariospca.ca
